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What game of the 2020s do you think that will top the "best games of the decade" lists in 2030?

According to MetaCritic, Zelda: Breath of the Wild topped "best games of the 2010s" lists, appearing in 1st place in 17 of these lists. In 2030, what game of the 2020s decade will appear on the 1st place in most of these lists? (It should be noted that we are in the middle of the 2020s decade so this may change as new games get released).

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Gollum for sure.
- Upvote because obviously this isn’t sarcasm, but actually for reals.
  
  Also up vote because obviously the only correct answer. It was based on golden source material. Therefore could not fail.

balatro. its kind of flawless.
- I love Balatro, but this is definitely recency bias. It's going to mostly fade from mainstream popularity and acclaim long before then.
- I just hate its relentless sudden-death format, which kills you from a single misclick. At least Slay the Spire gave you HP and was far more forgiving.
  
  As someone who played each demo version, I was really expecting a different pace in the final game. I was surprised to find that the release version was just as feast-or-famine. Most runs only get a few extra cards or extra stamps unless you get jokers that seriously accelerate the rate. I was expecting the game to have more of an RPG curve to it where I would have more time to shift toward a suit and preferred card quantity.
- This crack is rather moreish
  I've cleared 6 new decks now that it's available on phone. So stupidly fun

I think either of these will be regarded as works of art :
Alan Wake
Disco Elysium
- Disco Elysium
  I acknowledge that it was well received, but it was from 2019.
  
  My bad !

We're not even through the first half yet, so it's pretty impossible to say, I think. BG3 could be in there, but we could also just be blown away by other things unforeseeable from here/now.

Satisfactory
- 1.0 just came out and now I'm getting blindsided by a Factorio DLC? GG my sleep schedule!
  
  4 more hours to wait !

does Echoes of the Eye count?
- I've never even heard of this title.
  
  It's the 2022 expansion for Outer Wilds, which released in 2019. Just as much a masterpiece as the first entry. if you know nothing, you owe it to yourself to play them.

We still have about 6 years to go, but it's obviously going to be Gollum.

STALKER 2

The 2020s are not over. Not even half ways.

I hope disco elysium and tunic are both in the rankings, because they're probably two of the most perfectly crafted experiences in the last 20 or 30 years, never mind just 1 decade.

Disco Elysium
Vampire Survivors

Elder Scrolls 6 will no doubt be polarizing, with some calling it the game of the decade, and others saying that the TES formula just doesn't work anymore. (The game might also just suck.)
- Bethesda has little chance to succeed with anything but a routine fumble 😞
- I think the problem won't be the formula, it'll be the progressive dumbing down and simplification that Beth is doing since like forever. It will sell well just because it's TES, though. Also, if Emil "lol who cares about lore" Pagliarulo is leading the writing and he treats it like he did with FO4...

Tears of the Kingdom. I am a huge Zelda fan and I also loved Breath of the Wild
- Central Hyrule on horseback in BotW was such an amazing feeling. TotK didn't ever catch that level of action, but everything else was more fun. Plus it has a lot of QoL changes that helped. Opening chests with full inventory comes to mind. I was upset BG3 beat it for game of the year but the competition was really tough.

Disco Elysium. I mean it came out in 2019. But it still counts

Might have the dates off - subnautica should be up there.
- 2018
  
  well subnautica 2 was just announced

I'm shocked that BoTW was considered the top game of the 2010s. I felt BoTW was mediocre over all on top of not feeling like a Zelda game at all. As far as open world games, I felt that Horizon: Zero Dawn was more compelling in both gameplay and story and I'm still not sure I'd rank it as a top game of the decade.
- Botw was good, but I wouldn't put it anywhere near game of the decade. Divinity 2, Subnautica, Skyrim and its DLC, Hollow Knight, Death Stranding, Doom 2016, HLA, Ori and the Blind Forest, as well as a number of smaller games and ones I'm probably forgetting.
  
  Your list of games would definitely rank higher for me as well (assuming Divinity 2 means Divinity: Original Sin 2). I'm sure there are a ton of games in there I've forgotten that would also quality.
- BotW completely changed the open world landscape. Yes it was a bad Zelda game, it was by no means a mediocre game. That first experience is fucking magical, and has been recreated to great effect in Elden Ring and Genshin Impact (I shouldn't need to point out how popular both of those games are).
  You can dislike that it was a bad Zelda game. Calling it mediocre is just patently false. Granted, yes - I've called the game 'Horizon: Zero Awards' because it definitely should have won at least something. However, it was not more impactful than BotW.
  
  Fine, let's go with BotW was a bad Zelda game and I strongly disliked it. I tried to like it and played all the way through because I was stubborn, but in the end I think it sucked as did my friends (they all quit long before I did). I wish I hadn't bought it or spent time in it.
  Also, I disagree that it changed the open world landscape. H:ZD released before BoTW did, did the open world stuff better (IMO), and still doesn't seem like it was radically novel at the time other than the story/setting. The only truly novel thing about BotW was that it was open world in a Zelda game.

Alan Wake 2

Immortality is a very special game. It pushes the cinematic narratity further than I've ever seen.

I hope Brok The Investigator becomes more recognized to the point it can make one of those silly lists.

Monster Hunter Rise and Ghost of Tsushima for me! Other than that, there are plenty that I enjoy but most of the wants I full on LOVE are pre-2020 like TitanFall 2, Hyrule Warriors, WarFrame etc. I do live GranBlue Fantasy are link as well but I don’t think that’ll make too many people’s lists, which is a shame because it’s an absolute masterpiece in my eyes. It plays like a 360 era game requiring no online connection, sporting a gorgeous art style and so many campaign moments that made me straight up shout “damn that was awesome”

Elden Ring, Stardew Valley.
- Stardew Valley came out in 2016.

Elden Ring

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